Soap cake.



No. 740,440. v PATENTED OCT. 6,1903.

R. A. JONES.

SOAP CAKE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26- 1902.

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Be it known that I, RUEL A. Jones, acitiresident of Stanford, in the county of Lincoln andState of Kentucky, have invented certainnew and useful Improvementsin Soap Cakes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in soap cakes; and the principal object: of my invention are to preserve the quality and prolong the lite of soap cakes when in use and to improve above ends I apply to a-portion only-that is,

. not all -of the exterior of a' soap cake a thin '5 P ermanentadheringprotectivecoatingimpervious to water, preferably of paraflin, when the soap is laid upon a wet surface with its coated portion down protects the said soap from the dissolving or softening action of the water and also prevents the soap from sticking' to such surface. My invention contemplates improving the advertising value of soap by applying this protective coating o'ver the label'o'rother matter is advertising or other descriptive matter either applied to the soap directly or printed upon a. label applied to the soap. In such cases preserved permanently on the soap throughout its life and maybe easily read through thecoating, which in such case would be transparent.

Specific embodiments of my invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in whicht Figure 1 isna perspective view of a soap cake provided with a label and a protective coating therefor, accordingto my invention, the said coating being shown as rolled up at one end; Fig. 2, s top plan view 0! a soap cake provided with a label and protective coating; Fig. 3, same; Fig. 4, a transverse section 0! another form of soap cake provided with my improvement;' and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of another form of soap cake provided with the shown in Figs. 1,

protective coatin g, but not withthe label.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views;

Reterring first to the formof my invention I 2, and 3, 1 represents a soap cake substantially rectangular in cross-section, and 2a label of paper or other suitable their advertising value. To the" avatar from attacking which a transverse, section of the material applied to one of the broad faces of the cake and bearing any desiredadvertising mat ter-such, for example, as the name otthe manufacturer. This label may also be made to indicate that the soap is protected side down by safe er other words printed thereon. erably this label does not cover the whole face of the soap,butleaves a small margin betiveen it and the edges of the cake, as shown. Over this label and extending onto the soap around the edges of the cake suiliciently to prevent the'label or rendering the soap'soggy or soft around the edges of the label is a thin protective coating 3, prob e'rably of parailin, though any other material which will serve may be employed'- -that.is, any material hard enough to resist contact and wear to a due degree, which will remain permanently on the soap during ordinary use, impervious to'wator, transparent in this case, and preferably pleasing to the touch. The protective coating may he applied in any suitable manner,

and in the case in which parnflin is used the having the word latter may be melted and the soap dipped therein. I am aware that there are many kinds of paraffin, some melting'at higher temperatures than others, and I propose to use-an y of these, according to the conditions to be fulfilled. I may also combine two or more qualities of paratlin, applying a coating first of a kind which will melt at a given temperature and over this an outer coating of a kind which will melt at a lower temperature. Paratiin PATENT. OFFICE to-be laid with the Pret- 3 I the purpose of my invention possesses the quality of adheiin g to soap with great tenacity, while at the same time possessiug a touch very similar to that of While I have forms of my invention, in which a label proper--that is to say, a strip or sheet of pa,- per or other material bearing advertising or other descriptive matter-is applied-directly to the soap, my invention also contemplates the case in which such a label may be dispensedwith and the advertising or other descriptive matter applied to the soap directly-:- as, for example, in low 'or high relief, as is usual in the manufacture of soap cakes. Moreover, in the case in which the advert ssoap. '90 described and illustrated ing or'other matter isapplied to the soap directly Z- inay ,tnalze the letters or desiqns of a color which will contrast with that of the soap in order that they may be more easily seen through the protective coating. My invention fnrther'conternplates theapplication of the coating to the soap purely as a ineansot protecting the soap, irrespective Bio! whether there is advertising or other descriptivetnatter thereon or not.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated the application of my invention to a cake 0t. soap 1 with rounded edges, where 2 indicates the label and 3 the protecting-coating, which extends far enough around the soap to adequately protect the label and the soap when the latter is laid upon a wet surface.-

In' Fig. 5. is illustrated a form of my inven' tion in which the label 2 is'omitted and'where 1" represents the soap cake and 3" the pnotective coating.

In use the soap cake is intended to be laid with its protected side-down, in which case it thesurf'aoe upon which it rests is wetaccess of the water either tothe soap or label is et'- teotually prevented, so that the cake is not softened and is prevented from adhering to.

the contactingsn rface. The cake, moreover. will last longer with the protective coating than without it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A cake of soap, provided with a perma nent adhering'protective coating comprising a film of material impervious to water and applied to a portion only of the exterior of the cake, for the purposes heroin specified.

2. A cake of soap, provided with a perinanent protective coating of waxy substance applied toa'poftion' only of the exterior of the cake, for the purposes herein specified.

3. A cake of soap, provided with a permanent transparent adhering protective coating impervious to water-and applied to a portion tion of said cake.

7. A cake of soap, having a label applied only of the exterior of the cake, for the put-Y 45 pesos herein specified.

4. A cake-oi soap, provided with a permanent adhering coating comprising a iilm omaterial impervious to water and applied to the adjacent angles or curves, for the purposes herein specified.

' 5-. A cakeot' soap, provided with a prin'a nent'protective coating of paratlin applied to a portion only of the exterior ot the cake, for 5-5 the purposes herein specified.

, 6. A cake of soap, having a label thereon, and a permanent transparent coating impe'n viou's to Water, covcring'said label and a porthereto, and'a permanent protective transparent coating of waxy sltbsta'uce'covering said l'abel and extending onto the cake.

8. A cake of soap, havinga label applied thereto, and a pemnanent transparent coating- .of parailin covering said label and ettendiug onto the cake.

9. A'calce of soap, having letters ordesigns thereon, and a permanent protective trans- 70 I parent adhering coating impervious to water, covering said letters ordesigns, and a portion only of the cake;

10, Acake of-soap, having a label applied thereto, and a permanent coating of--waxy 75 onto thecake.

11. A hard soap cake provided on one side with a label, and a thin transparent adhering substance applied to the labeland extending coat of water-repelling substance which is 8e applied over said label and extends beyond its edges and over the adjacent angles of the cake as shown and described.

RUEL A. Jonas.

Witnesses:

SOLON C. Kmmn, Amos W. Haar. 

